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title: מְשֻׁקָּד — cups shaped like almond · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְשֻׁקָּד (8246), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: cups shaped like almond. BDB 1906: vb. denom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְשֻׁקָּד

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«מְשֻׁקָּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cups shaped like almond** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 8246 · **BDB:** שָׁקַד²

### Glosses

shaped.like.almond.blossoms (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cups shaped like almond [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/8246/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/8246/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom.—only Pt. pl. in גְּבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים cups shaped like almond (blossoms) Ex 25:33(×2), 34; 37:19(×2), 20 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech differs, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech differs, 4 words shared with the BDB entry, 3 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְשֻׁקָּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/8246/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.34/)

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וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁקָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and \[will be\] on.the.lampstand four cups shaped.like.almond.blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its

*JPS 1917:* And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.

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[Exodus 37:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.20/)

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וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] on the lampstand four cups shaped.like.almond.blossoms bulbs its and blossoms its

*JPS 1917:* And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;

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